PHOTO GALLERY: Dredges clear way for barges

Dredges in the Mississippi River are busy moving silt, debris and mud out of the way to allow barges to carry goods along the river.

A river buoy floats Wednesday in the Mississippi River north of Greenville, Miss., as barges and their towboat go by.
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A crew member climbs a railing on Wednesday aboard the Dredge Jadwin, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers vessel that is clearing some of the silt and leftover mud and debris from last year's record flood on the Mississippi River and cutting a deeper channel for barges and their towboats to navigate north of Greenville, Miss.
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Several hundred feet of sandbar can be seen north of the Mississippi River bridge in Greenville, Miss., on Wednesday.
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